Monday, February 03, 2020

2019 Locus Recommended Reading List and Poll

Every year, Locus, the newsmagazine of the science fiction and fantasy field, publishes a list of recommended books and stories. The list for 2019 is now out. The list is compiled by Locus staff, reviewers, and professionals in the field.

Locus also has and annual Poll and Survey, which you can vote in even if you are not a Locus subscriber. The results determine the winners of the annual Locus Awards.

Looking over the Science Fiction Novels list, these are the books that either I've read, purchased, or would recomend based on reviews and my own author preferences.

  • The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese; Chatto & Windus)
  • Ancestral Night, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)
  • Rule of Capture, Christopher Brown (Harper Voyager US)
  • Perihelion Summer, Greg Egan (Tor.com Publishing)
  • Empress of Forever, Max Gladstone (Tor)
  • Luna: Moon Rising, Ian McDonald (Tor;Gollancz)
  • The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
  • Stealing Worlds, Karl Schroeder (Tor)
  • Wanderers, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey; Solaris)
  • Golden State, Ben H. Winters (Mulholland; Century)
Locus has provided purchase links to Amazon for most of the books and novellas. Many of the novelettes and short stories are available to read for free on line and these are linked as well. 


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